27. topazg (1d) vs. Numsgil (8k)

topazg · Post by **topazg** » Tue May 11, 2010 8:05 am

Marcus wrote:Thanks topazg ... it's interesting to see how you think about the position. I have to admit, in situations like this I'm more likely to play like Magicwand (whatever feels best), only I don't quite have his intuition.

Me too on places like DGS and OGS, but real time and Malkovich I try to train my reading. Generally, in my experience, the harder you try to read, and read, and read, the better your intuition comes - from a combination of finding flaws in your own intuition when reading and watching the reading of stronger players

Also, my problem is getting the reading actually correct. I'm now panicking about the following:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm86 Running away III variation $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O 2 O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . X X 1 . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O X O X . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . O O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Ah, so much fun

Numsgil · Post by **Numsgil** » Wed May 12, 2010 2:29 pm

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm71 Move 71 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Strategy and Thoughts

So I'm mostly going on gut right now. These were the moves I was considering:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm71 Move 71 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . c . . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . d . . . . . b . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

'a' is an attempt to keep the now rather strong white group in the center from attaching to the corner stones. If I don't go 'a', white can go 'a' and connect easily.

'b' is a forcing exchange that burns the aji of the laddered stones to get an extra move. After the forcing exchange:

'c' approaches white's strong position on the right and tries to cramp it a bit. If white extends towards 'c' to protect his base, he's over concentrated.

'd' just takes the spot white needs to make shape. It also threatens to cut (see tactics below).

Tactics and Variations

So here's one continuation. Black's group on the left has 1 eye still. But black can successfully cut white (Black 81 at E10). But most of the moves feel like they strengthen white more than necessary.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm71 Move 71 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | 8 . X X 1 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 7 . 9 O . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 5 O 0 . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . 6 . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

So analyzing the above, we find that the shape stealing cut is the most important part. So let's just shape steal and then cut:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm71 Move 71 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O 8 . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . 3 O . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . | $$ | . . O 4 5 . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . 1 . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

But now black's side group only has 4 liberties. That's not good.

So maybe add back in the sequence that lets me build a large eye on the side:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm71 Move 71 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | 6 . X X 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 5 . 7 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 3 O 8 9 . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . 4 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 0 . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

But now the cut isn't forcing either. So then we're back to the first diagram.

topazg · Post by **topazg** » Wed May 12, 2010 3:10 pm

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm72 Move 72 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X X 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Strategy and Thoughts

Numsgil · Post by **Numsgil** » Wed May 12, 2010 3:24 pm

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm73 Move 73 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

topazg · Post by **topazg** » Wed May 12, 2010 3:57 pm

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm74 Move 74 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , 1 . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Strategy and Thoughts

daniel_the_smith · Post by **daniel_the_smith** » Wed May 12, 2010 4:09 pm

Numsgil · Post by **Numsgil** » Wed May 12, 2010 5:40 pm

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm75 Move 75 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 1 . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Tactics and Variations

So that wasn't a move I was expecting, but seeing it on the board it works well for white, since it also guards against that cut I was planning. So that's a bit aggravating. Good for him

Here's literally a stream-of-consciousness of my reading (because I'm too lazy to edit it to remove bad sequences

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So here's a sequence where I cut:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm75 Move 75 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O 7 O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O 9 O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . 5 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X X O 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O 1 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , O 2 4 . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Ends poorly for white. So then maybe this sequence instead, and I break out into the center.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm75 Move 75 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O 6 . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X X O 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O 1 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , O 2 4 . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Still not good. So I think this is the sequence he'll play:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm75 Move 75 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X X O 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 3 . . O 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 4 O , O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Black isn't in a good position. Wedge:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm75 Move 75 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O 4 . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O 3 1 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X X O 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 8 . . O 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , O 7 . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

So basically I don't see a way to get in a good position against white. At least not on this side. Maybe from the other side:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm75 Move 75 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 5 . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 3 O , O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 1 . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . 4 2 . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Something like this feels okay. If white responds differently, so he threatens to kill the black group, I can just expand out from the corner, and sacrifice it for territory.

Numsgil · Post by **Numsgil** » Wed May 12, 2010 6:02 pm

More Tactics and Variations

This is the most probably response:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm75 Move 75 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 2 O , O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 1 . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . 3 4 . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

I trade my black group for maybe 10 points on the side. White wins out point-wise, but I think it's a reasonable salvage of the situation.

Here's another line. Not better or worse, but more complicated certainly.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm75 Move 75 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 2 O , O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 1 5 O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . 4 3 . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

topazg · Post by **topazg** » Thu May 13, 2010 1:54 am

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm76 Move 76 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X 1 O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Strategy and Thoughts

Man, I was really tempted to treat that as gote. I really really want to. There are some big and some fairly concerning points left on the board:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm75 Move 75 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O b . . . . . . d . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . c . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O . O X O . . . . e . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . . . . . . . . f . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . a . . . . . . . | $$ | . 1 h O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . g . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

"a" breaks the ladder, so it's Black's sente, and I don't want to have my right group attacked. So, I really want to take "a" first, which Black would probably give me in sente. Similarly "b" is sente against the top, so it helps Black get thicker at no cost - useful if he wants to develop the top right. However, it's quite slow really, and even though It helps me pick up another two stones, I can't believe it's big enough for me to play. Instead, I'm tempted to try and eat them on a bigger scale with "c" or "d". "c" is looking at following up with either "d" or "e" depending on Black's response, and "d" has good chances of living in the corner. That side, living in the corner and giving Black a big wall seems to strategically go against what I've been playing, so I'm probably going to go with "c". "a" in sente followed by "c" feels like a nice flow if I can get it. "f" on the edge feels like a big stretch, but I'm happy enough playing this way while I'm still behind, it's just so clearly gote and the top side of that corner is more urgent than the right side of that corner. Finally, on the other side, "g" is something I've been wanting to play for a while now. Originally I wanted the 2-4 point as a kind of probe, because if I had a territorial position on the left I figured bC3 wC5 as a response was reasonable enough - especially if I could overconcentrate Black in the corner. Now I have some form of thickness on both sides, I want to either live in the corner or cut Black in half and go attacking again, so I've switched to D3.

Finally, my move, "h". It's solid, thick, pressing down on Black's position, either sente or big gote profit, and fixes almost all of my remaining bad aji. What's more, Black may not even have a followup that can threaten to save his left group, which means I should take sente from this sequence. If I do, I'm after "a", "c", and "g" in that order, and then a proper scorecount when the dust settles.

Tactics and Variations

So, do I really need to play this passive looking move? Probably not, but the aji fixing nature of it is really nice for me, especially as I want to carry on attacking - removing your own bad aji before attacking is very important. Its shape is nice, Black now has to worry about whether he accepts silly crawling second line territory nonsense, or gives up yet another stone for a 6+ point profit to me. Also, I have concerns about this weird looking wedge:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm77 Move 77 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . 2 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O 1 O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . a 3 b X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X . O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Regardless of which way around 2 and 3 are, "a" and "b" have become miai for Black. The fact that means I simply cannot stop Black either living on the edge or cutting me in half seems intolerable, and I can't seem to easily dodge. If I respond to 1 with "a" or "b" myself, it fixes nothing, it just gives him an easier job of it. If I'm cut in two and have a not yet settled group, how do I intend on attacking in the middle? I can't. My alternative is giving up that Black group I just killed, and I can't afford to give away 15 points so carelessly. So I want a move that fixes all this quite urgently, keeps Black's group dead, threatens to develop, increases my thickness, makes good shape, and is sente.

Bizarrely and unlikely enough, my move seems to do all these things with the possible exception of the sente bit - and as bumping a 2nd line stone on the head when it appears under a 4th line stone is a normal response when White doesn't really want to look after territory on either side, everything feels right about it. My shape having played it makes me very happy too, it's all table-y and efficient and elegant looking. So, it's my move.

What might happen next? I assume Black will extend either upwards or downwards. If he extends down, I definitely tenuki. If he extends up, I either block because it's likely to be very sente, or I block on the lower side and try to kill everything. I'll see how I feel and post the lines when I see what he's going to play

Score and Counting

Funny counting with letters and pairs to demonstrate how cool and easy it is to do when there are dead things on the board:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm76 Move 76 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | w O k l O c . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | w O O j O b O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | x O h i l a O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | x O O g f O d O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | v O t O m O e O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | y u s O m O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | y z r O n n . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | z a q p o O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . a b b O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O , O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . a a e | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O a O O . X b b e | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O b c . O X c c f | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . c . . . . d d f | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

for the time being, I'm marking that out. Where a letter is on its own, it's a captured stone, else it's a pair of territory. Each letter is worth two points. So a-z + a + b in the top right = 28 letters = 56 points. 6 points lower right against 12 black. I make that a 50 point lead. I think Black can get more points than me in the top right and bottom left, so throwing a random number of 15 more points than I get out there means I'm 35 points ahead at least right now - so half the deficit has gone. I was hoping for 10 points every 30 moves, which makes me as far as I had planned on move 105. I'm happy, let's see what happens next

Numsgil · Post by **Numsgil** » Thu May 13, 2010 10:13 am

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm77 Move 77 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O 1 O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Tactics and Variations

Again not what I was expecting. Though in hind sight this is a fairly obvious move for white. It combines shape with stomp. ("shomp"? "stape"?)

The following are some read out variations.

Here's a line I've read out. I think it saves the black group.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm77 Move 77 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | 6 . X X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 5 . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 1 O , O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | 3 2 4 . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . 7 . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Here's another line. This one ends poorly for black (only one eye still).

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm77 Move 77 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | 7 . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 5 X X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 2 3 . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | 6 1 O , O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . 4 . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Black is dead.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm77 Move 77 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 2 4 . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 1 O , O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . 3 . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . 5 . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

This wedge seems to work well in this line as a sacrifice.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm77 Move 77 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 4 5 2 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 3 O 1 O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . 7 . 6 . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

This way leads to a ko (good for me, I have more threats I think).

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm77 Move 77 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 3 O 1 O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | 5 4 7 2 . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . 6 . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

So wedge FTW!

topazg · Post by **topazg** » Thu May 13, 2010 12:50 pm

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm78 Move 78 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . O X O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . 1 X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Strategy and Thoughts

Numsgil · Post by **Numsgil** » Thu May 13, 2010 1:19 pm

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm79 Move 79 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 1 O X O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Tactics and Variations

Continuing from my last diagrams. This should let me secure life for myself on the side here.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm79 Move 79 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 2 3 . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 1 O X O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . 5 4 . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm79 Move 79 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 4 . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 1 O X O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | 3 2 5 . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

topazg · Post by **topazg** » Thu May 13, 2010 1:21 pm

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm80 Move 80 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O X O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . 1 . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Strategy and Thoughts

Numsgil · Post by **Numsgil** » Thu May 13, 2010 1:28 pm

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm81 Move 81 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O X O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | 1 O . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Tactics and Variations

Things seem to be going according to plan. Some more variations. Black lives in all of them. The second one is best for white.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm81 Move 81 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . 5 4 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O X O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | 1 O 3 6 O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . 2 . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm81 Move 81 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | 5 . X X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 3 . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O X O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | 1 O 2 . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . 4 . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm81 Move 81 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | 4 . X X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 3 . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O X O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | 1 O 2 . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . 5 . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

topazg · Post by **topazg** » Thu May 13, 2010 1:32 pm

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm82 Move 82 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O X O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | X O 1 . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Strategy and Thoughts

Tactics and Variations

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm82 Miai of A and B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | b X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . a X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | 4 . X X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 2 . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | 5 X O X O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | X O 1 . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . 3 . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm82 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . 3 . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | 2 X O X O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | X O 1 . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm82 Miai of A and B $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . O X . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O X X . X O X X . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . O O X X O X O . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | X O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X X O . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | b 5 X X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | 4 3 2 . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O X O . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | X O 1 . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . | $$ | . a . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X X . | $$ | . . X , . . . . . . O O X X X . . . . | $$ | . . . . . X . . . . O X O O . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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27. topazg (1d) vs. Numsgil (8k)

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Re: Malkovich #27 - topazg (1d) vs Numsgil (8k)

Re: Malkovich #27 - topazg (1d) vs Numsgil (8k)

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Re: Malkovich #27 - topazg (1d) vs Numsgil (8k)

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Re: Malkovich #27 - topazg (1d) vs Numsgil (8k)

Re: Malkovich #27 - topazg (1d) vs Numsgil (8k)

Re: Malkovich #27 - topazg (1d) vs Numsgil (8k)

Re: Malkovich #27 - topazg (1d) vs Numsgil (8k)

Re: Malkovich #27 - topazg (1d) vs Numsgil (8k)

Re: Malkovich #27 - topazg (1d) vs Numsgil (8k)

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